Dick’s Sporting Goods ends sales of assault rifles in its stores

Dick’s Sporting Goods will immediately end sales of assault-style rifles and high capacity magazines at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21 years old.

The announcement that was made Wednesday comes two weeks after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Chairman and CEO Edward Stack said on “Good Morning America.” “When we saw what the kids were going through and the grief of the parents and the kids who were killed in Parkland, we felt we needed to do something.”

In a letter released Wednesday, Stack wrote, ”We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that’s in front of us. Gun violence is an epidemic that’s taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America — our kids.”